Changes of a unicorn

In the throne room had the drone who had to inspect on Sweetie returned with good news which he buzzed to Rarity as he bowed. “Good. Now leave me alone, but stand ready. I hear our guests are coming closer with the minute,” she said to them all. Every other changelings flew up to hide in the darkness ceiling in silence. There they would simply be hiding in plain sight.

“It must be here somewhere... Wait, look, there it is!” Rainbow said before came in flying through the open doors. With one last loop had she landed right in the middle of the room. The rest entered as well and saw a near bored to death Rarity in the throne, smirking clearly.

“Well, well, well, look who have come to stop me... My old, friends,” said the queen of Equestria. The smirk on her face turned into a downright evil smile, “I would love to see you try.”

“Rarity! This is not like you! What has happened to you?” asked Twilight clueless. She stood ready to charge if the situation called for it. Twilight didn’t wanted to, but would if she was forced.

“What happened to me? Well, I just was bored of my old life and I had to, spread out my wings, so to say. And rose to my true potential!” answered Rarity as she jumped off her throne and walked down the steps to ground level.

“But that still doesn't explain the changelings! Where is Chrysalis?” Twilight asked then. She had another, more careful look around the room.

Rarity chuckled and replied with a sick joy in her voice. “Chrysalis was blinded by love... I am the queen of the changelings, I am the queen of Equestria itself!”

“Ya’re blinded girl, blinded by your own desires!” yelled Applejack to her.

“Hmhmhm, Applejack, I am not blinded. I am seeing it very clearly. Something you all should do as well,” said Rarity just before she walked back to her throne, “I rule this land, and I rule it to my hoof. I can let you all killed by an instant. So don’t give me a reason to do such a thing. Not yet.”

“Rarity, you have lost your mind! They say I am the insane one, but it was you who was that all along!” said Pinkie who jumped forward and growled towards Rarity.

The unicorn simply rose an eyebrow to this as she spoke in a regal voice. “Hold Pinkie.” And much to everyponies surprise, the pink mare obeyed her and sat down in her behind, blinking to the white mare who fixed her crown a little. “Down.” And Pinkie just lied down on her hooves on the floor. “Good girl.”

The others looked at each other and were surprised by this. Applejack scratched herself behind her head as both Rainbow and Fluttershy their mouths fell open and Twilight only blinked before saying. “What..? How..?”

“Simple actually, I'm her queen as well. I can make you all do the same if I want, but Pinkie here... Is one of my children. Reveal yourself.”

Pinkie nodded and erupted in a burst of green fire, only to reveal it was a changeling. “Where is the real Pinkie then!?” asked Rainbow in anger. She wanted to know where her friend had been.

“Don’t you worry and look behind you!” replied Rarity in the same tone.

Everypony looked behind them to see the real Pinkie Pie in the door opening looking at them before blinking gently. “You could have told me you went here, I lost you all by the entrance. Remember when I went a little off to explore?” the pink mare said with a smile on her face.

“Just come here, Pinkie,” Twilight snarled towards her. Pinkie then happily bounced over to them and they all turned back to Rarity. “It’s time to end this, once and for all.”

“You were... You were the most, generous pony, we have ever met, and look at you now... A big, meany,” said Fluttershy with teary eyes. She turned her attention to the unicorn with those eyes.

“Oh, I still am generous, darling, but they don’t leave me a choice. But I shall give you an option. Either join me, or face an inescapable fate. Make your choice,” said Rarity and soon after that did the changelings slowly crawl down from the ceiling as they were creeping up to the five ponies.

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But before the assault could begin, one of the drones walked up to Rarity and buzzed something in her ear. It was something that resulted in her smirking. “Hold!” she said and every changeling stood their ground. “There is somepony I want to introduce you all too. Bring her forward, reveal her.”

A changeling went into a side room and brought back a filly like figure. The figure was placed before Rarity and it slowly uncurled itself. What was revealed was a school-aged filly with a white exoskeleton and very light green and blue accompanied by a darker green color in her mane and tail. Its eyes opened in order to reveal the green and blue colored irises. It was just wrong, terribly wrong.

“My little princess. How was your slumber?” asked Rarity kindly to the figure.

“I had a very good slumber, sister,” the figure said in an all too familiar voice crack.

“Sweetie Belle!?” yelled all of the mares in choir. Once again were they baffled on the spot.

“Rarity! How could you that to your own sister!?” yelled Twilight to her. She had been preparing herself to just charge the madmare. No more mercy would be shown towards her.

“Simple, the way I was made. Sweetie, please move out of the way,” Rarity said to them and her sister. Who then did a couple steps aside. The filly walked up to the throne and sat there, waiting what would happen. The unicorn mare would have erupted out in green flames. She would have revealed her changeling form to them all. The one true form she had. Everypony gasped at the sight.

“You are a changeling, Rarity!” was all Rainbow could bring out. She was hit by the shock of the situation. Her eyes even had a hard time to believe if it was real or not.

“No... Not you... You above all...” Fluttershy brought forth. She curled up into a ball, Pinkie tried to comfort her, but it wasn't doing a good job.

“Would you tell us what happened?” asked Twilight in a curious manner, but pointed her horn towards the, in her eyes, creature.

“Simple Twilight, Chrysalis made me this way. I made Sweetie this way. Keep in mind that I am only half changeling,” explained Rarity to them. She didn’t even fear the other unicorn’s power.

“Half? What has happened to the princesses anyway?” asked Rainbow.

This question made Rarity angry though. “Those two were never worthy of ruling this land! I wanted to make them feel the pain. But Chrysalis destroyed that plan with her toxin. Yes, they are dead. And with their death, the sun and the moon move on their own now!” she countered, angry.

After hearing that was it Twilight who collapsed on her hooves. She had burst out in tears. “Why Rarity... Why did you had to kill them? They were always sweet to us... And now, they are gone!” Rarity just stood there, glaring stone cold as the others tried to comfort Twilight.

“How could ya, Rarity. Ya know how much they mean for us, for all of us,” said Applejack.

“They did not die by my hooves, they died by Chrysalis her hooves. Which got a payment as well I assure you that,” said Rarity stone and stone cold. “But the five of you, still haven’t made up your mind about my choice, either join me, or die yourself.”

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Everypony looked up to the mare and gazed her in the eyes. In her eyes, she was gone, the Rarity they knew and loved, was dead and replaced by this monster. “Ah would rather die than joining ya!” said Applejack who stood up and stand tall against Rarity.

“So, cowgirl, you are going to put up a fight? I give you ten seconds to re-think your option here, otherwise I let them charge,” said Rarity who slowly began to count the seconds away.

Applejack was confident as a rock. She would have stuck to her choice. She didn’t even care about Rarity’s pointless counting. Every second, she kept her eyes firm on the changeling unicorn.

“Zero... Then so be it! Charge her!” yelled Rarity to the changelings above her, who all came rushing down and began to attack the cowgirl.

After a lot of resistance from Applejack which resulted in a couple exoskeletons being broken, had the changelings finally managed to get a hold of her. They then dragged her off to a unknown place. “Ya will pay for this, Rarity! Y’all will pay for this!” Those were the last words to be heard before she was completely gone.

“What... What are you doing to do, with her?” asked Twilight who slowly got up again but was trembling on her legs.

The white maned changeling dropped back on her throne with a grin. Then she made her reply to it. “The same plan I had for the two princesses, letting her rot to the end of time. A plan I have for the leftovers as well. I ask you all again, do you join me?” she asked again of them.

“After what you did to Applejack so easily? Not in my life!” replied Rainbow angry to her.

“I am with Rainbow!” said Pinkie before she jumped next to the pegasus.

“M-Me t-too.” Fluttershy replied in a scared tone.

“Rarity, the day I join you, is the day I am dead!” Twilight added before she charged up her horn. Fractions later had she blasted a beam to Rarity. Who avoided it and jumped down the throne.

She looked back and noticed the sparks walking away from the point of impact before turning her attention back to the mares. She removed her crown and cape from her body before they were tossed aside. “Grab those three, I will handle her myself,” yelled Rarity to the changelings.

In the blink of an eye had they taken a hold on Pinkie, Rainbow and Fluttershy with ease. Though it were Rainbow and Pinkie who offered the most resistance for them, whereas Fluttershy just let her being dragged away. But eventually, even the other two mares were overmastered and just dragged away down the hallway where Applejack had disappeared in. The battle was lost quick.

The changeling Sweetie Belle was still sitting on the throne and admiring the scenes before her. She wasn't even making any plans to meddle herself into them. It was a fight between her sister and Twilight. All the changelings made way for Twilight and Rarity. Some even removed themselves completely out of the throne room.

“You have gone too far by doing this, Rarity,” said Twilight with a snarl. Both of the mares had started to walk in circles around each other.

“Too far? No, I have just begun..!” replied Rarity to the unicorn. She charged up her horn and sent a beam to Twilight who avoided it.

“And what will you do, make this land crumble?” said Twilight charging up her own horn.

“No. I shall not make it crumble, I shall rule it as it always should have been ruled! With an iron hoof!” Rarity countered. She kept a watchful eye on the charging horn, ready to avoid it.

“You are one of the elements of harmony! How can you even consider such an act like this?” Twilight questioned aloud. She then released the stored energy from her horn.

Rarity simply blocked the incoming spell with a shield that was created by her. One that appeared to be holding the sheer power rather well. “Harmony has died a long time ago in this land. You should have seen the signs,” she replied to her friend. Grinning like the devil she was.

“What... What do you mean?” asked Twilight scared.

“Did you never notice it? Our land was crumbling in the hooves for those two!” answered Rarity in pure hatred for the princesses.

“No, no, lies! You are telling lies!” said Twilight. She shook her head and released another blast in her direction. Tears had begun to collect themselves below the eyes, wanting it to stop.

“I am not the one telling lies here!” said Rarity before she began to charge her own horn again. In the end did she release her blast as well.

The two beams met each other in the middle and for a long time it was a struggle between them. “Give it up, Twilight, you have lost this pity war and I win,” said Rarity to her. Her beam got more powerful. Twilight closed her eyes and gave every last bit of magic she got.

The white maned changeling had enough of the game. But also knew she wouldn't win it from the element of magic in the long run and therefore dropped her beam. Taken by a surprise that her beam met no resistance, Twilight started to blink a couple times. And then Rarity swiftly ran over to Twilight and tackled her to the ground. “I have waited long, just so very long for this moment!” the grayish white maned changeling hissed as she charged up her horn once again.

Twilight tried to find a way out but didn't found one. The only thing she could do, was hoping for the best. Rarity began to laugh at Twilight. But during her laughter, she got hit by something of considerable size. What resulted in her being knocked off of Twilight, who quickly came back on her hooves.

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Rarity was sent into the wall as her gray rims inspected what had attacked her. Only to look like she had seen a ghost from the past. She was pinned to the wall by a cyan coated, rainbow maned pegasus. Rarity couldn’t believe what she saw in the moment.

“Dashie..? How did you escape?” Rarity asked in a strange, calm tone.

“Simple, a lot of force,” replied Rainbow. She kept the hoof on Rarity’s throat. "Don't even think about it." And not much later had Pinkie, Fluttershy and a very angry Applejack come back into the throne room as well. As Rarity fell in the eyes of the cowgirl, she took a stance of attack. Gentle clouds of steam left her nostrils with every exhale. She wasn’t just angry, she was mad.

Rainbow released Rarity from her hold. The pegasus flew back to her friends in order to help them. The white maned changeling crawled out of the wall and made her way over to the middle of the room. “I am the master of this land, and none of you shall make a difference in that! I swear that in my name. Drones! Charge them and feast on their meat and bones!” she bellowed to them.

Every single drone in the room began to buzz violent. Rarity had made her way back to the throne and dropped down on it before placing Sweetie next to her. “Charge them!” she yelled and all the changelings started to attack the five of them. “Charge them all!”

The five of them tried to keep the never ending wave of Changeling off, using their forelegs, hind legs, horns or just complete randomness to fight each of the changing bugs.

“Try to keep them off!” yelled Applejack who was violently kicking all around her.

“Rainbow, Applejack, keep kicking them!” said Twilight while she blasted her magic to each of them. Pinkie tried to fight back but her fighting skills aren't as good and she didn't had her party cannon to use. Fluttershy just curled up in the middle of all of it and just gave it up.

But no matter how fierce they fought, no matter how hard they tried, it was a losing battle. Fluttershy gave the right example to just give up. The minutes passed by and they all began to become exhausted. They had wasted their strength against an enemy that is undefeatable in numbers. The large numbers of the changelings had given them the advantage.

In the end they just allowed themselves to get caught, and were brought before the madmare. “All five of you, I give the option, one, last, time. Join me, become a minister of this land and continue to live. Or die in a jail. You better think this through and through, it are your only options,” Rarity said. Sweetie giggled at the five of them, while the mare smiled to her sister.

The five pair of eyes fell upon each other, and just by the looks they all knew it, they would all choose the same fate. As five sighs fell through the room, Twilight eventually did the final words. “We all choose to rather rot in a jail then to join you.” Those were the words, that sealed their fates.

Rarity nodded and spoke up with an unusual regal voice. “Then the five of you shall be sentenced with a lifetime of punishment by sitting in a cell until the day you pass away. Bring them to the dungeons and let them rot.” The drones nodded and the mares were brought to the deepest dungeon. Only to be locked up, to rot away for eternity, to be left behind, to go crazy over time by their own madness. Mad enough to join the unicorn in her deluded world of domination.

Back in the throne room Rarity sat on her throne, smiling before she changed back to her pony form. The land was hers and she ruled over it with an iron hoof. She loved it more than anything else. Everything she had done over the course of time and history was worth it in her eyes. Her eyes fell on Sweetie who was playing with some drones and smiled even more. Equestria was hers, truly hers. Her wish had come true but at a terrible price, a price she would pay eventually.

Because deep down in the dungeon, the minds of five friends were working like an oiled machine. Five minds that tried to come up with the plan to take her down from the inside out. Rarity might have thought she had seen the last of them but the reality of the situation laid different. A lot. With them all being banished to rot for the rest of their lives, they had plenty of time to come up with their devilish schemes to overthrow the unicorn and rule as the royals had ruled.